Environmental & Social Officer Financial Institutions

at  FMO

OUR OFFER

• Gross yearly salary of between EUR 70K – 85K (including holiday allowance and 13th month salary), depending on seniority, years of experience and background.
• Premium free pension.
• 31 holidays.
• Working remotely abroad for 60 days in a rolling period of 12 months.
• Hybrid way of working (50/50).
  For more information, please visit our website Secondary Benefits - FMO

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Ability to effectively strike the balance between facilitating new transactions and upholding E&S/Human Rights standards.
• Ability to build productive lasting working relationships with clients and strategic partners.
• Risk aware and able to escalate key issues when necessary.
• Strong skills in planning, organizing, and prioritizing when working on several assignments at the same time and under pressure.
• Culturally sensitive and the ability to work in and support multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to support and coach colleagues.
• Ability to travel approximately six-eight times per year to emerging markets.
• Sense of humor is considered a plus.
  This role is not just a job but a career path that offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of finance and the well-being of communities and environments around the globe. If you are passionate about sustainability and have a track record of excellence in environmental and social risk management, we invite you to apply today! #PioneerDevelopScale.

We are recruiting an Environmental and Social Officer who reports to the Manager of Corporate Governance and E&S for Financial Institutions.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Conducting thorough appraisals of potential environmental, social, and human rights risks and impacts associated with our investments in Financial Institutions, against the requirements of the IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
• Assessing client capacity to manage and mitigate environmental and social risks effectively, providing guidance to enhance their E&S risk management strategies.
• Proactively identify and evaluate risks within our financial institutions portfolio, focusing on sectors with high-risk profiles, country-specific contextual risks, and areas of human rights sensitivity.
• Assisting clients in establishing grievance mechanisms and building capacity to address project-related harms effectively.
• Working together with our investment staff, partners, and clients to meet FMO’s Sustainability Policy Standards.
• Monitoring clients’ compliance with FMO’s environmental and social requirements.
• Managing portfolios and report through our ESG systems.
• Engaging with stakeholders on our Sustainability Policy and contribute to organizational ESG risk management.